Energy & power plants · Camagüey

CTE Diez de Octubre (Nuevitas)

Thermoelectric power plant (oil-fired)

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Scale

~280-375 MW (~125 MW units; sources vary)

Status

Operating but unreliable — a boiler caught fire Dec 2025; multiple unit trips through 2025-2026. Major contributor to the central-Cuba deficit. Opportunity: boiler replacement/modernization.

Sector

Energy & power plants

Province

Camagüey

Coordinates

21.565, -77.272

Layer

Layer 2 · Atlas

Notes

At Punta de Domingo, Nuevitas Bay. Operated by Unión Eléctrica (UNE) under MINEM.

Controlling entity

Unión Eléctrica (UNE)

National electric utility under the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Owns the thermoelectric fleet, the China-backed solar program and wind farms. State-owned and embargo-restricted, though not itself on the CRL/SDN.

Sources: Global Energy Monitor · Unión Eléctrica · CiberCuba · OpenStreetMap

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